CA Simmons

November 22, 2016

How anyone could create such an ingeniously haunting and dirty art collages? This was my first thought when I first time came across with CA Simmon’s collages on instagram.

With his work, he constructs images, first by de-constructing them – Instead of cutting the pieces with scissors and using tape or glue he tears all the pieces by hand and then staples everything together to create very intense and raw, nightmarish compositions. He thinks of each ripped section, and each staple as a scar, which we all carry in some form or another, through just simply being alive. His only goal is to try and convey that at the end of the day, we are all just barely hanging on by our fingernails.

He says says that he constantly keep in mind that not only is everything in flux, but also in decline. From the moment something is born, or created, it begins to decay. Everything man-made is in what he likes to refer to as De-Evolution. Every building, bridge, all infrastructure is slowly, yet unavoidably falling apart. Every painting, photograph and sculpture will one day cease to exist.

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Toombes.com is an art blog/journal curated by designer and collage artist Niko Vartiainen.

The blog was launched in February 2016 and the original idea was to create a multidisciplinary art journal which showcases interesting artists and phenomenons across the contemporary art, design and visual culture on a regular basis. Although journal isn't limited to any single art form or genre, Toombes has a strong focus on the collage and mixed media art because the writer's own art background.

Toombes.com is an art journal curated by Niko Vartiainen showcasing the contemporary visual culture with a strong focus on collage and mixed media art.